Ernest James Gall (Scotty Gall) was my Great Uncle. He left Aberdeenshire to search out a better life in Canada. He worked for the Hudsons' Bay Company but I never knew that he was the first person to navigate a vessel through the Bellot Straits of the Northwest Passage in one season. As of 2010 I also have a good "detective" friend from Canada, George Duddy, digging up interesting facts about Scotty Gall's life. Thank you, George, for all your help and encouragement throughout this project.

1. Memorial Plaque

After a lot of correspondence and debate with various people and authorities my good friend, George Duddy from White Rock, BC, Canada, has managed to have a plaque manufactured and erected at Victoria Harbour at the "Explorer's Walk" inhonourof Ernest James “Scotty" Gall.

Further New as of October 2017. The Vancouver Maritime Museum have recently included a Northwest Passage Hall of Fame at their Museum where Scotty Gall and the HBC Aklavik have been recognised as a great achievement in 1937.